Books

Title: The Twentysomething Soul: Understanding the Religious and Secular Lives of American Young AdultsAuthor: Tim Clydesdale, Kathleen Garces-FoleyPublisher: Oxford University PressPublishing Date: August 2, 2019Pages: 256 (Hardcover)ISBN: 978-0190931353 There are 47 million twentysomethings in the United States. To make things easier, let us imagine them as represented by a group of…

Title: In Search of Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured WorldAuthor: Jake MeadorPublisher: InterVarsity PressPublishing Date: June 25, 2019Pages: 208 (Hardcover)ISBN: 978-0830845545 A few years ago, our family moved from the West Coast (Los Angeles) to the Midwest (northwest Iowa). A friend questioned whether I would…

Title: The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction Author: Justin Whitmel EarleyPublisher: InterVarsity PressPublishing Date: February 19, 2019Pages: 160 (Paperback)ISBN: 978-0830845606 I once had a wise pastor tell me that while my twenties would be about learning what I can do, my thirties would be about learning what…

Title: Humble CalvinismAuthor: J.A. MeddersPublisher: The Good Book CompanyPublishing Date: March 1, 2019Pages: 128 pages (Paperback)ISBN: 978-1784983727 Collin Hansen describes the popular resurgence of Calvinist doctrine in the first decade of the twentieth century in three words: young, restless, and Reformed. “The New Calvinism,” identified at the time with leaders like…

Title: George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles: Incarnation, Doubt, and Reenchantment Author: Timothy LarsenPublisher: IVP AcademicPublish Date: November 20, 2018Paperback: 150 pagesISBN: 978-0830853731 About six months ago, I learned of Timothy Larsen’s forthcoming book, George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles. As the latest publication from the Wade Center’s Hansen Lectureship series,…

Title: Disruptive Witness: Speaking the Truth in a Distracted AgeAuthor: Alan NoblePublisher: Intervarsity PressPublish Date: July 17, 2018Pages: 192 (Paperback)ISBN: 978-0830844838 There is an acronym that originated on the internet sometime in the early aughts: “TLDR.” It stands for “too long; didn’t read,” itself an abbreviation…

Title: How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, and Politics at the End of the WorldAuthor: Robert Joustra and Alissa WilkinsonPublisher: EerdmansPublish Date: May 7, 2016Paperback: 208 pagesISBN: 978-0802872715 September 23, 2017, has come and gone, and we are still here. This despite the recent well-publicized yet widely…